(Newser)
–
President Obama will officially unveil his plan to dramatically cut greenhouse-gas emissions later today—and there is an army of lawyers ready to pounce. The Clean Power plan imposes tough limits on power plant emissions and dozens of corporations are preparing to fight what they call a "war on coal," as well as up to 25 states, reports the New York Times. The measure will give each state an emission-cutting target to meet, with a goal of cutting power-plant emissions by around a third by 2030, but several governors have already said they plan to simply ignore the limit, setting up legal battles expected to end up before the Supreme Court, the BBC reports. The court blocked an emissions-limiting plan in June.

The Environmental Protection Agency, however, sounds as if it is ready for the fight. 'We certainly know how to defend against lawsuits, for crying out loud," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said last month when she was asked about looming challenges to the plan. An administration insider tells the Washington Post that McCarthy was under a lot of pressure to create a legally solid rule—especially after the Supreme Court defeat. "She recognized the amount of scrutiny this rule will be under, both politically and legally,” the source says. “She has been leading the charge to ensure that it is airtight, that all the legal t’s are crossed and i’s dotted, and that it adheres strictly to the Clean Air Act." (Read more Clean Power Plan stories.)

Hear we go again with OBAMA, Al Gore and all the environmental whiners. They keep proposing restrictions with out proving any usable solutions in exchange. Coal use; many plant today use scrubbers on the stacks that catch and remove most of the particulates they are screaming about. Ban Nuclear, Ban methane, Ban Coal, Ban Drilling, Ban pipeline, Ban gasoline, Ban ban ban.. Take a real hard look at the world today. Say we are the squeaky cleanest country on the planet? When other country's would follow suit? Say you use propane for you BBQ because you are environmentally friendly. Yet your neighbor burns coal, etc. in their BBQ... You have done nothing in the end.. There are many places in the USA for the use of Geo Thermo power; not used.. There is also good research and information on Thorium powered reactor - far safer and ALLOT cheaper than the Uranium reactors today. Also Thorium is every where. **Side note if Iran was as they claim having a "peaceful nuclear program - yea right" and it was for power generation only they could and available buy reactor fuel with out all this "enrichment" they are doing. Even build and use Thorium reactors instead. Solar; getting better still for general practical use a number of years away. Propane and Methane used for vehicle fuel for DECADES; not really used generally... Alcohol production for fuel; not generally used.. Example state of Hawaii. Prime location for the use of Geo Thermo power and even solar and alcohol production ( using sugar cane that used to be grown ). If they did that they would be virtualy OIL FREE. Why have they not done that? See below... Why has this not been done? Simple greedy corrupt politicians in the pocket of energy companies..

Kyle Carmean

Aug 4, 2015 8:15 PM CDT

How can anyone in good conscience side with the coal industry? I'm serious. I want a valid argument.

wrenchbert

Aug 4, 2015 1:30 PM CDT

Re: Box1Car. I dunno where you get your numbers, but nuclear about 2c/kwh, and coal is around 3c/kwh. Here in Utah it's sold at 4.2c/kwh. Simple chemistry and thermodynamics show that for a plant to reduce carbon emissions by 30%, the power output must be reduced by 30%. Hope you enjoy your global warming in the dark.